Government Grants for Businesses in Québec
From training programs to research initiatives, discover the diverse range of activities in Quebec that benefit from various forms of support.
In Quebec, as across Canada, there are numerous grants and financing options available to help foster the growth of communities and organizations. This diverse funding landscape draws from both federal and provincial sources, offering specific opportunities tailored to each province, from British Columbia to Quebec. Whether you're looking to develop a project, launch an initiative, or expand a program, these resources are designed to support your endeavors and contribute to regional development.

MRC Minganie — Local Investment and Solidarity Funds (FLI-FLS)
MRC de Minganie- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Montmagny — Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR)
MRC de Montmagny- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

MRC Brome-Missisquoi — The Brome-Missisquoi Pact 2025
MRC Brome-Missisquoi- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Arthabaska — Social Economy Business Development Fund (FDEÉS)
MRC Arthabaska- No Condition
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action — Component 2 - Support for the implementation of projects arising from a participative and concerted approach within the destination to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- No Condition
- All industries

MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré — Microcredit Fund – Microcredit Côte-de-Beaupré / Charlevoix
MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Sustainable Growth Investment — Agri-Environmental Enhancement of Cultivated Land
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC L'Islet — Fund to help architectural design companies conquer new markets
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Subsidy for companies to install electric charging stations
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

innovÉÉ — PSO
innovÉÉ- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity - Small commercial companies
Quebec City- From $15,000 to $25,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

PME MTL — Business Diversity Support Program for the Southwest
PME MTL- From $10,000 to $20,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Bellechasse — Support for initiatives from rural areas (AIMR)
MRC de Bellechasse- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC de Montcalm — New Entrepreneur Fund
MRC Montcalm- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC L'Islet — Local Services Development Fund
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Fonds de développement des communautés (FDC)
MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC La Matanie — Community Development Program - Special Collaborations Stream
MRC La Matanie- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 2 - Support for local and regional development skills
Gouvernement du Québec- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — FRR – Stream 2
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 1
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in QC
Innovation Canada- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Assistance program for venues
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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Quebec businesses can access a variety of grants and funding to support their growth and innovative projects. Specific programs exist for initiatives ranging from energy efficiency to ecological transition, and sustainable development. Companies can also benefit from specialized advice and mentorship services to maximize their chances of success in grant applications. Online resources, detailed guides, and training workshops are available to assist them throughout the process.

Biofood market development program — Component 1
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Bécancour — Social Economy Fund (SEF)
MRC Bécancour- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Bioenergies Program
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- From $10,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Business Support
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Arthabaska — Futurpreneur Canada
MRC Arthabaska- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

MRC Lotbinière — FLI (Local Investment Fund)
MRC de Lotbinière- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Musicaction — Canvassing
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce- From $10,000 to $250,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Funding program for cybersecurity innovation projects in Quebec – Innovation stream
PROMPT- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

PME MTL — New Community Businesses
PME MTL- From $23,000 to $23,000
- All industries

Ministerial Initiative Agri-Environmental Compensation
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- From $1,500 to $50,000
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Local investment fund (FLI / FLS)
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Nicolet-Yamaska — Signature project (FRR part 3)
MRC Nicolet-Yamaska- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Feasibility study
Enbridge Gas Quebec- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Employment stabilization
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3
MRC Deux-Montagnes- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Support Program for Isolated Communities
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 950,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

PME MTL — Funds for Retail businesses
PME MTL- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Retail trade

Beauce-Centre MRC — Optimization Assistance Program
MRC Beauce-Centre- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Business Support Fund – Stream 4
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Kamouraska — Bas-Saint-Laurent Territorial Partnership Program
MRC Kamouraska- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Signature Innovation Project (PSI)
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry- Maximum amount : 1,584,870 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — FSTE
Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Beauce-Centre — Succession Component
MRC Beauce-Centre- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Green Alleyway Support Program
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
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MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 2
MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Compétivert — Funding Solution
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Support Fund for Structural Projects (FSPS)
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Tax Holiday for Foreign Researchers
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - Structuring Projects Support Policy
MRC La Matapédia- From $5,001 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Tourist Loan
SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Créavenir
MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

DEL — Commercialization Loan
Développement économique de l'agglomération de Longueuil (DEL)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Activities, attractions and events
Gouvernement du Québec- From $10,000 to $60,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 1: Regional outreach fund / Territorial projects
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Utilities
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Rio Tinto Aluminium Valley Fund
Société de la Vallée de l’Aluminium (SVA)- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS
MRC Montcalm- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré — Local Investment Fund (FLI) – Succession Stream
MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — Transfer Strategy Fund
SADC Shawinigan- From $10,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Musicaction — Support for emerging artists – Production assistance
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health
Génome Québec- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Rivière-du-Loup — Business Succession
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Musicaction — National collective promotion
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Rouyn-Noranda — FLI Succession
City of Rouyn-Noranda- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Les Basques — Local Investment Fund (FLI) / Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Les Basques- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Assistance program for Festivals, Events and Museum exhibitions
Tourisme Montréal- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Funding program for cybersecurity innovation projects in Quebec – Certification stream
PROMPT- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC du Granit — FLI
MRC du Granit- No Condition
- All industries
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Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism establishment accessibility program
Kéroul- From $20,000 to $100,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Maskinongé — Programme DÉPART
MRC de Maskinongé- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Maskinongé — RRF-stream 3 Signature innovation
MRC de Maskinongé- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Agricultural property tax credit program
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
MRC Domaine-du-Roy- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Developing a green alley or public space in CDN-NDG
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Laval Économique — Innogec Laval Fund
Laval Economique- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries
McConnell Foundation - Funding Opportunities
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

SickKids Foundation - New Investigator Research Grants
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the preservation of community buildings
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.1
Gouvernement du Québec- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 2 : Financial assistance for regional public transit
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Environment - Special Initiatives
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Financial assistance to develop the production, processing and marketing of Nordic biofood products
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Civil Society - Strengthening Civic Space
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

ÉCLO Regional Fund – Stream 2
MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Community Interaction Program — Study/action projects
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Conservation and Science
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Environmental Conservation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Laval Économique — Tax credit – Urban modernization
Laval Economique- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Humanities in Place
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — Créavenir
MRC Thérèse de Blainville- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Créavenir
MRC Deux-Montagnes- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Official Languages Economic Development Initiative in Quebec — For-profit
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)